Do you believe -abstinence .......cont...?

Question

is a physical and moral value, that parents should support on their teen children??

Answer 1

I think parents should instill moral values in their children, and support those values.

Answer 2

I think parents should do this but in reality most of them don't and even if they do that doesn't guarantee their child will listen. One you hit the teen years what you do is greatly influenced by who you hang out with. So parents should be watching their kids friends and make sure they are the kind of friends that will promote abstinence and not pressure their child into something bad. I think it is a moral value but everyone has different morals. I'd rather wait and it happens when I'm ready for it. I'm in a big hurry or rush. My parents never really taught me that, but a lot of my friends decided to wait until marriage or they were older and it rubbed off on me. but parents should at least try because it may work.

Answer 3

Parents should give up ALL the facts about the responsibilities of sex and it's repercussions.
As far as abstinence...That doesn't work anymore because the parents don't want to address the issues directly. Give the kids ALL of the information and tell them that it's ok either way but you PREFER abstinence.
Who would buy a car without a test drive?

Answer 4

It is; the problem is too many parents are of the "do as I say, not as I do" variety. And regardless of what people convince themselves of, your children will learn more by example than by listening to lip service. If parents want their children to remain abstinent, they'd better make sure there's no dirty laundry to be hung out.

Answer 5

Yes, as a mother of two I will teach my children to be strong under the pressure that kids have these days to have sex. I really don't think they a emotionally ready for it until there late teens 18-19 or even twenties. I waited till I was almost 20 even though most of my friends lost theirs at 14. They can not even explain to me what happened, "we were kissing and one thing lead to another and then it happened"!!! You only have one chance for the 1st time, make it as memorable as possible. Even at 19-20 I regret my 1st time, and wished for me to have waited even longer. Besides children should be worrying about their grades and getting into college not STD and un-planned pregnancies...

Answer 6

I think after 12 you really don't listen to your parents. I was abstinent until I was 24. I can't say it helped me any because I am responsible. I sometimes wish I had the ability to try out what was on the other side.

Answer 7

I will tell you this I waited until I was 20 to have sex, I think alot of it had to do with what I felt was right for me.. not what my friends thought ( there is not enough paper or screens in the world to type what my friends thought about my decision) not what my parents thought. It really only comes down to what you think is right for you, I guess in my opinion was that I wouldn't be with someone until it was right for me, I am now a 38 wife with 3 kids,
married to one man I did have my first time with...

Answer 8

Yes! Abstinence is a wonderful thing and I wish ALL parents would instill this into their children. If you practice abstinence then you would have no STDs, no AIDS/HIV, no teen/unplanned pregnancies, no heartbreak and you would have a wonderful gift to give your spouse on your wedding night.

Answer 9

yes - even though i dont practice it myself - i still have morals. i think that the problem with the younger generations is that somewhere along the way parents stopped teaching common sense and morals altogether

Answer 10

And then we entered reality...

These days, young men and women are not flocking to convents and friaries and turning their lives over to God where they choose abstinence.

It seems like, to find your match these days, it's acceptable to have sex--the morals we should be teaching our kids don't have to be black and white: sex or abstinence! We need to teach our kids to love themselves and make good choices like getting to know someone before jumping in the sack with them, and regardless of that, practice safe sex!

Let's get real people--your kids are going to have sex, do drugs, screw up, go to jail, hurt others, piss you off, etc. How else do they find out about their world? They need to experience it, and these days we need to teach them to protect themselves, love themselves, and ask for help--not "Don't do anything!"